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Sj)i/ridium.] ^ xxxvi. RHAMNEi^. 429 



ovary. Cocci membranous. — TrymaVium majorancefoUum, Feuzl, iu Hueg. Eaum. 21 ; 

 Reissek, in PI. Preiss. ii. 281 j Fomaderris commixta, Steud. in PI. Preiss. i. 184. King 

 George's Sound, R. Broivn, and others; Mount Clarence, Preiss, n. 1673 b. Usually a 

 very raaried fprin, Lut some specimens seem to pass into the larger variety. 



Var. (?) calvescens, Keissck, in PI. Prciis. ii. 28. Leaves glabrous above, or nearly so, 

 nsually small, of a firmer consistence, almost like those of S^obovatum and S, Gumiii, but 

 the flowers are much smaller and the disk different.— P^w^(^(?rm siihretasa, Steud. in PI. 

 Preiss. i, 183.— King George's Sound, R, Brown; Mount Ealdhead, Preiss^ n. 1687; 

 Princess "Royal Harbour, Ma^welL 



The species, although sometimes approaching S, parvifolium in habit, is readily known 

 by the disk. 



6, S. globulosum, BentJi, A tall slirub^ with larger leaves and more 

 of the appearance of a Fomaderris than most Spi/ridia^ generally hoary witli 

 a minute very close tomentum. Leaves ovate, obovate or oblong, very obtuse, 

 1 to 1|- or rarely 2 in. long, almost coriaceous, glabrous above, white or 

 hoary underneath, or rarely slightly rusty. Plower -heads nearly globular, 

 numerous in dense corymbose cymes in the axils of the leaves and not much 

 exceeding them. Brown bracts pubescent, shorter than the calyx. Calyx 

 pubescent or silky-villous, about 1 line long, broadly canipariuhite. Disk of 

 5 distinct glands, close round the ovary. Capsule scarcely \\ lines long, the 

 pubescent convex summit slightly protruding from the calyx-tube, but covered 

 by the persistent segments. Cocci membranous. — CecuwUins globuhsus, Labilh 

 I'l Nov. HoU. i, 61, t, 85; Fomaderris globulosa, Gr. Don, in Loud, Hort, 

 Brit. 84, and Gen. Syst, ii. 38 ; Trymalium globulosum^ Fenzl, in Hueg. Enum, 

 25; Eeissek, in PL Preiss. ii, 279; Fomaderris polyantlia and P. <SMula^ 

 Ste-nd. in PI. Preiss. i. 182; F. ;pliillyreafoVm and F. j)yrrlophylla, Steud. 



J« c, loo, 



Vtr. Australia, Common about King George's Sound, Labillardiere, R. Brown, and 

 ^hers, and thence along the eoast to Vasse river and Swan iliver, BrummGnd, Ohlfield^ 

 Preiss, ti. 1676, 1677, 1678, 167'J, 1G8L, 1G90, and others. 



" ?■ S, obovatxun, Benth. Apparently a low and much-branched shrub, 

 the stellate tomentum usually somewhat rust-coloured. Leaves obovate or 

 oblong, very obtuse or slightly eraarginate, seldom exceeding \ in., the mar- 

 gin recurved, firm and coriaceous, nsually smooth and shining above, with 

 the primary veins impressed, softly but closely tomentose underneath. 

 Flower-heads small, in terminal cymes, with 1 to 3 floral leaves. Bracts or- 

 bicular. Calyx 1 Hue long, the tube hahy, the lobes glabrous or rarely hir- 

 sute. Petal-claws slender. Disk prominent, undulate, close round the ovary. 

 -yFomaderris ohovata. Hook. Comp. Bot. ]\Iag. i. 277; Cryptandra obovata^ 



Hook. f. PL Tasm. i. 7*4 ; Trymalium obovatum, Reissek, iu Linnaea, xxix. 

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Tasmania. Conunoa ou the east coast, Gunn and others. Some S. Australian broad- 

 Jeaved forms of S, vexUiifcrum appear to come very near to this species. 



Var, velutinunu Leaves iiiiuutely and softly tomentose on the upper side. — Trpymlium 

 vehdlnutn, Reissek, iu Linnica, xxix. 276.— Tasmania, C, SiuarL 



8. S. Gunnii, Benth, Verj^ near S, olovatnm, and the leaves have the 

 same coriaceous textvu-e, but they are rather larger, mostly above \ in. long and 

 liiore ovate or oval than obovate, glabrous or rarely tomentose above, densely 

 tomentose underneath. Cymes more developed, with 2, 3, or more floral 



